'Kiki's Delivery Service' (1989), 'Princess Mononoke' (1997) and 'Howl's Moving Castle' (2004) are among the works of this famous Japanese animator and manga artist

Hayao Miyazaki

85.9%

Yoshifumi Kondō

3.8%

Yoshiaki Kawajiri

3.2%

Osamu Dezaki

4.2%

First aired in 2012, this anime series follows the story of Akane Tsunemori, a detective in an authoritarian future Japan, where omnipresent public sensors continuously scan the mental states of every passing citizen

Psycho-Pass

85.1%

Texhnolyze

2.4%

Guilty Crown

4.8%

Ergo Proxy

4.8%

Published from 1987 to 1996, this manga series by Rumiko Takahashi follows the adventures of a young martial artist who becomes a girl when splashed with cold water due being cursed by the magical waters of a Chinese spring, and those around him

Ranma ½

82.6%

Maison Ikkoku

7.2%

The Eccentric Family

2.3%

Kämpfer

4.2%

Written and illustrated by Karino Takatsu, this manga series follows the life and activities of the eccentric employees at one of the units of the 'Wagnaria' family restaurant chain. It was adapted to anime in 2010

Working!!

74.3%

Servant × Service

8%

Ristorante Paradiso

7.6%

Gourmet Girl Graffiti

6%

This anime series, first aired in 2005, focuses on the cases of people who decides to take revenge on others by sending them to Hell. Their way to do this is asking for the services of the enigmatic Ai Enma, and her assistants, on a mysterious website

Hell Girl

70.6%

Death Parade

9.1%

Shigofumi

7.7%

Kyōkai no Rinne

8.9%

Published from 1997 to 2008, this manga series by Kouta Hirano follows the efforts of the members of the Royal Order of Protestant Knights to protect the United Kingdom from supernatural threats. It was adapted to anime in 2001

Hellsing

67.9%

Blood Lad

7%

X/1999

13.8%

Tactics

7.9%

This light novel series written by Kazuki Sakuraba follows the story of a Japanese exchange student in a fictional European country and a mysterious girl from said country who solves mysteries that even detectives can not solve, to ease her boredom

Gosick

66.2%

Heaven's Memo Pad

10.8%

Another

6.8%

Baccano!

12.4%

In anime and manga, this term is used to refer to normal characters who suddenly become violent by usually unclear reasons

Yangire

65.5%

Dojikko

6.2%

Tsunshun

16.6%

Chūnibyō

8.3%

First published from 1973 to 1983, this manga series by Osamu Tezuka follows the adventures of an obscure unlicensed doctor and the people around him

Black Jack

61%

Ray

3.7%

Dokkiri Doctor

24.2%

GodHand Teru

7.9%

First published in April 2006, this manga series by Keitarou Takahashi chronicles the adventures of a young female arms dealer and a child soldier, who recently joined her team of bodyguards

Jormungand

55.3%

Coppelion

11.7%

Black Cat

19.5%

Pumpkin Scissors

9.6%

First aired in 2008, this anime series follows the adventures of a female criminal and her apparent daughter as they travel across the fictional South American country of Diamandra

Michiko & Hatchin

49.1%

The Mysterious Cities of Gold

18.6%

El Cazador de la Bruja

16.3%

Tico of the Seven Seas

11.1%

'The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love', 'The Adventures of Peter Pan' and 'Remi, Nobody's Girl' are among the anime series aired in this famous Japanese TV anime staple

World Masterpiece Theater

45%

Noitamina

29.1%

Super Hero Time

10%

Noise

11%

'Grave of the Fireflies' (1988), 'My Neighbors the Yamadas' (1999) and 'The Tale of the Princess Kaguya' (2013) are among the works of this Japanese animator and film director

Isao Takahata

40.9%

Gorō Miyazaki

29.3%

Hiromasa Yonebayashi

13.4%

Tomomi Mochizuki

12.4%

This Japanese novelist and manga writer, author of 'Magical Girl Risuka', 'Medaka Box' and the 'Zaregoto' light novel series, is known for his tendency to create unusual characters with strange names, many of which are word play

Nisio Isin

36.4%

Koji Kumeta

14.8%

Shiori Ōta

22.5%

Hideyuki Kurata

21.5%

Which one of these anime television series was NOT produced by Studio Shaft?

Katanagatari

30.8%

Dance in the Vampire Bund

34.5%

Bakemonogatari

10%

Hidamari Sketch

20.7%

Based on the books and comic strips by Swedish-speaking Finnish author Tove Jansson, this 1990 anime series was a Dutch-Finnish-Japanese co-production

Moomin

29.1%

Heidi, Girl of the Alps

37.6%

Alfred J. Kwak

10.1%

Fables of the Green Forest

19.3%

Published from 1962 to 1965, this manga series written and illustrated by Fujio Akatsuka is regarded as the earliest 'Magical girl' manga. It predates 'Sally the Witch', the manga in which the first magical girl anime is based on, by six years

Himitsu no Akko-chan

24.2%

Magical Princess Minky Momo

34.7%

Majokko Megu-chan

23.9%

Mahōtsukai Chappy

13.1%

'Steel Angel Kurumi', 'Kannazuki no Miko' and 'Shattered Angels' are manga series created by this manga artist duo, consisting of Hitoshi Ota and Terumasa Shichinohe

Kaishaku

23.6%

Clamp

25%

Peach-Pit

27.8%

Yudetamago

19%

'Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei' is the first Japanese feature-length animated film. It was directed by Mitsuyo Seo, who was ordered to make a war propaganda film by the Japanese Naval Ministry. In which year was this film made?

1945

22.9%

1943

28.1%

1939

16.6%

1941

28.7%

First awarded in 1962, this animation prize was originally established to recognise the work of the independent Japanese animators